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Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... but the fund will not target any specific impact allocation or outcome, nor guarantee any achievement of a social/environmental impact. Big Society Capital, an independent wholesale social investor, helped seed the Barclays fund with a £5 million investment ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Traill suggested that the term implies a disconnect between environmental awareness and the actual business of delivering investment performance - when, in fact, the two are inextricably linked. "Fund ...

Acorns hits $100m milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... year including My Finances, which allows users to track spending habits, and the Emerald Portfolio, which applies environmental, social and corporate governance strategies to investments. According to the EY FinTech Adoption Index, Australia is embracing ...

JPMAM wins global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... small overweight and underweight positions so as to maximise returns. In GMI's case, the mandate will also integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements. GMI chief investment officer Simon O'Grady said: "Our fiduciary responsibility ...

Industry super fund expands impact investment strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... institutional investors can consider impact investments that meet financial objectives and also support positive environmental, social, governance, and impact activities that change the world for the better," TriLinc Global chief executive and chairman ...

UK manager partners for Aussie distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... most Australian and New Zealand investors have seen previously." "We believe they will be attracted not only by the environmental focus of the MoRE strategies but also by a potential 'new' source of uncorrelated 'alpha'. We look forward to working with ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) investment option ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
New research from LaSalle Investment Management suggests environmental factors will have a significant impact on real estate investment portfolios in the future. LaSalle's report conceded that while most investors are unwilling to "sacrifice return ...

Cbus chief executive wins FEAL award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... superannuation industry. At a FEAL members' dinner in Melbourne, Atkin was recognised for his contribution in areas such as environmental, social and governance (ESG); diversity; the indigenous community; and unpaid super as well as his steerage of Cbus. ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces, an affiliate project of environmental group Friends of the Earth, showed public disclosures of Australia's 100 largest superannuation funds found that 60 funds ...